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Praying- Okinawan Style

This year my fellow Okinawan missionaries and I spent our annual Day of Prayer on Kerima Island, a tiny island two hours by ferry from...

Summer Joy (Fruitful Progress in Japan)

As fall has now moved into full swing, I thought you might enjoy a few glimpses of the last few months in ministry (especially for our...

Seasons of change coming to Japan

The winds of change drive new openness for ministry team in Japan Japan ( MNN ) ― Japan's opposition...

Bye bye E

So by far one of the lamest things about life is having to say goodbye. Today I'm saying goodbye to one of my closest friends in...

Stories from A2-Mongolia

In this quick video report, Chinzorig shares the story of his friend, Pastor Ariunbold. When I met Ariunbold, every time I turned...

Robert Adair Named j-Teams Coordinator

Asian Access is pleased to announce that Robert Adair has been named j-Teams Coordinator .  The new position, officially...

Bibles and Swine Flu

Bible Club On May 17, we held a Bible Club at our house. Along with seven other believers, we had nine friends come to explore...

A Year In Review

We recently produced an overview of my first year in ministry with Asian Access and wanted to share it with you here on the blog. I...

School Lunch in Sapporo

Lunch here in northern Japan is very different from what I remember of my grade school lunches at Fernwood Elementary in Portland,...

A wonderful surprise gift

Today's devotional reading coincides with my daughter Rachel's birthday. Sometimes God surprises us with a gift such as this....

Total (Mostly) Eclipse of the Sun

I saw my first solar eclipse yesterday!  It was both painful (because I don't know how to view a solar eclipse the correct way)...

A2 celebrates 100+ fans on Facebook

We have 107 fans now!  To celebrate 100+ fans on facebook, we have a new page username & address.   ASIAN...

Japan's divorce rate threatens the family unit

Biblical discipleship program answers Japan's growing divorce rate Japan ( MNN ) ― One in every four...

Prayer of Blessing for Bruce Johnson

Today, June 30th is an important day; so is tomorrow, July 1st. Today is Bruce Johnson's last official day as Vice...

Multiplication in Cambodia

Pastor PoSan Ung shares how pastors in the Asian Access program multiply the training  ...

Dance

Three weeks ago I wandered into a traditional Japanese dance rehersal by accident.  I then found myself coerced into learning...

Inora Night-o

Inora Nighto, this is the name that my church has given to our annual night of prayer.  In Japanese it's a pun, "inora"...

The Power of Networking

We are excited to see the number of church planting networks increase across Japan. The chart below illustrates this growth and shows...

Japanese Sermon

The last three weeks or so I've spent a lot of late nights at the local Starbucks working on my first sermon in...

Toward the 2020 Vision [videolog 005]

Here’s a quick video greeting from me at Narita Airport, following three days of meetings with our A2 leadership team....

Free Basil

Yesterday my prayerwalk partner and I did our final prayerwalk of the season.  We've been walking the neighbourhood around the...

Tsuyu

All last week I kept forgetting appointments and meetings.  I'm not kidding, I almost missed, or er... missed three. ...

Pastor JE on Church Multiplication

This week, you’ll hear from Pastor JE again as he shares about Asian Access in Southern India. As you know, we have a...

A2 on Facebook

Asian Access is on Facebook! There are three A2 pages on the social networking site. ASIAN ACCESS...

Atlas of Global Christianity

A2 sponsors a great new global resource The Center for the Study of Global Christianity has produced a new resource, The...